Oprah talks caring Harry, loving Meghan

On March 11, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (at right), were presented with baby gifts by Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Janice Charette (second from left), at Canada House in the United Kingdom.

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UPDATED: When CBS airs the special “Meghan and Harry Plus One,” the network can draw on Oprah Winfrey, who’s working with Prince Harry on a docu-series about mental health.

Winfrey and Prince Harry will co-create and serve as executive producers on the project for Apple, she told “CBS This Morning” Wednesday.

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“Our hope is it that it will have an impact on reducing the stigma and letting people know they are not alone,” Winfrey said.

Prince Harry and his wife, the former actress Meghan Markle, are awaiting the birth of their first child.

CBS will present “Meghan and Harry Plus One” at 8 p.m. May 17 to mark the couple’s first anniversary and their first child’s birth. Gayle King of “CBS This Morning” will host, and she can turn to best pal Winfrey for insights.

Meghan, now Duchess of Sussex, is ignoring “the crazy press” about her, Winfrey said. The former “Suits” star has “a wonderful, warm, giving, loving heart,” Winfrey added. “She is living a very good life.”

Winfrey explained how the prince became involved in the Apple project. When she told him about the series, he asked what he could do. So now he has those central roles, and he has had meetings with Winfrey in London.

Prince Harry has talked about what he went through after his mother, Princess Diana, died, Winfrey said. He cites mental fitness and climate change as the two most important issues facing the world, she added.